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==Political debates==
 
==Political debates==
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# [[Conservapedia:Has Britain Declined?| Quoting Conservapedia's front page; "The British government just affirmed its ban on mentioning Intelligent Design to students.[3] No one there seems to notice how Britain's decline coincided with its promotion of evolution frauds like the Piltdown Man." - Has Britain REALLY declined?]]
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# Has Britain Declined? Quoting Conservapedia's front page; "The British government just affirmed its ban on mentioning Intelligent Design to students.[3] No one there seems to notice how Britain's decline coincided with its promotion of evolution frauds like the Piltdown Man."  
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# [[Conservapedia:Is illegal immigration control the answer to illegal immigration?|Is illegal immigration control the answer to illegal immigration?]]
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# Is illegal immigration control the answer to illegal immigration?
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# [[Conservapedia:Has Britain become the 51st State of the US?|Has Britain become the 51st State of the US?]]
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# Define torture
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# [[Conservapedia:You think these Phd's are nuts?]]
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# Should the United States have entered World War I?  
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# [[Conservapedia:Does the European Union pose a threat to the United States?| Does the European Union pose a threat to United States Security?]]
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# Should the United States have entered World War II?   
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# [[Which is true; progressive Liberal or regressive liberal]]
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# Was the United States right to drop atomic bombs so quickly on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
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# [[Define torture]]
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# Is gun-control the answer to crimes involving guns?
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# [[Conservapedia:Should the United States have entered World War I?|Should the United States have entered World War I?]]
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# Does "free trade" increase wealth rather than simply redistribute it?
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# [[Conservapedia:Should the United States have entered World War II?|Should the United States have entered World War II?]] 
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# Should public displays of the 10 Commandments be allowed under the constitution?
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# [[Conservapedia:Should the United States have eliminated communism in North Korea|Should the United States have eliminated communism in North Korea as General Douglas MacArthur wanted?]]
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# Which has the best philosophy of education: the public school system, private schools, or the home school movement?
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# [[Conservapedia:Was the United States right to drop atomic bombs so quickly on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?|Was the United States right to drop atomic bombs so quickly on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?]]
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# Should people genetically engineer a cure for homosexuality?
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#  [[Conservapedia:Was it wrong for him to allow the attack in order to wake up the American public and motivate Americans to fight and win the war?|If President Roosevelt had known about the Pearl Harbor attack in advance, would it have been wrong for him to allow the attack in order to wake up the American public and motivate Americans to fight and win the war?]]
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# Women in the Military?
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# [[Conservapedia:Is gun-control the answer to crimes involving guns?|Is gun-control the answer to crimes involving guns?]]
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# Porn or guns?|Does porn actually cause (not merely correlate to) violence?]]
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#  [[Conservapedia:Was world war inevitable?|Was world war inevitable?]]
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# Should gun sales to terror suspects be allowed?
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# [[Conservapedia:Does "free trade" increase wealth rather than simply redistribute it?|Does "free trade" increase wealth or simply redistribute it?]] 
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# Why did God place most of the world's oil in politically unstable places?
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#  [[Conservapedia:Is it even possible to install democracy in a Muslim country?|Is it even possible to install democracy in a Muslim country?]]
 
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#  [[Conservapedia:Is democracy even possible in Iraq?|Is democracy even possible in Iraq?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Should we have given the Panama Canal back to Panama?|Should we have given the Panama Canal back to Panama?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Should the United States leave the United Nations?|Should the United States leave the United Nations?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Crusades... Good or Bad?|Crusades... Good or Bad?]]
 
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#  [[Conservapedia:Was American soldier Michael New right to refuse to fight wearing part of a United Nations uniform?|Was American soldier Michael New right to refuse to fight wearing part of a United Nations uniform?]]  See [[Michael New]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Which is a more powerful ideology, Islam or communism?|Which is a more powerful ideology, Islam or Communism?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Should the United States intervene in small countries to defeat communism there?|Should the United States intervene in small countries to defeat communism there?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Should public displays of the 10 Commandments be allowed under the constitution?|Should public displays of the 10 Commandments be allowed under the constitution?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Which has the best philosophy of education: the public school system, private schools, or the home school movement?|Which has the best philosophy of education: the public school system, private schools, or the home school movement?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Should people genetically engineer a cure for homosexuality?|Should people genetically engineer a cure for homosexuality?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Should Bush pardon Scooter Libby?|Should Bush pardon Scooter Libby?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Should We Support Democrats For Life.org?|Should We Support Democrats For Life.org?]]
 
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# [[conservapedia:Women in the Military?|Women in the Military?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia: Should students learn a foreign language?|Should students learn a foreign language?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Why does the right side of the political spectrum tend to be more religous?|Why does the right side of the political spectrum tend to be more religious?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Should there be a consistent standard on human rights applied to left and right?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Should American companies be allowed to send their own troops into a war which America is participating in?|Should American companies be allowed to send their own troops into a war which America is participating in?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Giuliani's lack of social conservative viewpoints should not stop you from voting for him.|Giuliani's lack of social conservative viewpoints should not stop you from voting for him.]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Is_President_Bush_good_for_America?|Is President Bush good for America?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Is_the_Iraq_War_a_success%3F|Is the Iraq War a success?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Does_single_sex_schooling_promotes_homesexuality%3F|Does Single sex schooling promotes homesexuality?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Is_the_murder_of_3%2C000_people_just_a_few_or_is_it_a_lot%3F_Does_it_make_a_difference_if_the_murdered_people_are_Americans%3F|Is the murder of 3,000 people just a few or is it a lot? Does it make a difference if the murdered people are Americans?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Does the media really have a liberal bias?|Does the media really have a liberal bias?]]
 
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# [[Who was the last Democrat to quit due to ethics and what year was it? Is it fair for Republicans to due the same?]]
 
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# [[What kind of leader will Democrats make if they run from debates on Fox?]]
 
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# [[Are the Democrats capable of fighting terrorism?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Porn or guns?|Does porn actually cause (not merely correlate to) violence?]]
 
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# [[Can a rogue nation be thought of as a sovereign nation?]]
 
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# [[ Has Russia reinstalled stealth communism?]]
 
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# [[Do we all know what Democrat Presidential candidates stand for yet?]]
 
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# [[Define Civil War]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Should gun sales to terror suspects be allowed?|Should gun sales to terror suspects be allowed?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Who would you support for President in 2008?|Who would you support for President in 2008?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Is Darwinism liberal or is it conservative?|Is Darwinism liberal or is it conservative?]]
 
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# [[Debate:Why did God place most of the world's oil in politically unstable places?|Why did God place most of the world's oil in politically unstable places?]]
 
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# [[Restoring the USA image in the world, just a fancy phrase that means zilch?]]
 
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# [[Placing the blame on how America got polarized]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Is most government criticism really patriotic?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Is environmentalism mostly about preserving natural resources?]]
 
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# [[Conservapedia:Is the conservative stance on illegal immigration going to loose the Hispanic vote for the GOP in the 08' election?]]
 
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# [[Should President Bush Condemn Armenian Genocide? ]] ''New as of October 10, 2007''
 
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# [[Third Party Debate]]
 
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# [[Debate:Who kills more innocent people: religious believers or atheists?]]
 
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# [[Was congress right to override president Bush's veto on the water projects bill?]]
 
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# [[Is opening the borders the solution to the social security crisis?]]
 
  
 
==Scientific debates==
 
==Scientific debates==

Revision as of 13:52, January 22, 2008

Debate topic suggestions, organized so that it's not necessary to delete them.

(Note: If some topic is miscategorized, it can be cut and pasted without affecting the relevant links.)



Religious debates

  1. Should the first story of creation be read allegorically or literally?
  2. What does Christianity say about homosexuality?
  3. If God does not exist, can anything be morally wrong?
  4. Is it wrong to have a Christmas tree?
  5. Did God create evil?
  6. If Jesus were alive to day, where on the political spectrum would he fall?
  7. Should Religion Play a Large Role in Modern Societies?|Is religion relevant in todays society?
  8. Does Intelligent Design deny the Existence of God?
  9. If there were no religion, would we find another reason to kill each other?|If there were no religion, would we find another reason to kill each other?]]
  10. Natural Disaster versus Act of God
  11. Is it possible to be a conservative and not a religious person or even an atheist?
  12. Does mainstream Islam endorse violence?
  13. Why should we be afraid of God?
  14. Why is homosexuality so bad?
  15. If Noah only brought two of every animal on the ark, wouldn't subsequent generations of animals have become increasingly inbred?


Political debates

  1. Has Britain Declined? Quoting Conservapedia's front page; "The British government just affirmed its ban on mentioning Intelligent Design to students.[3] No one there seems to notice how Britain's decline coincided with its promotion of evolution frauds like the Piltdown Man."
  2. Is illegal immigration control the answer to illegal immigration?
  3. Define torture
  4. Should the United States have entered World War I?
  5. Should the United States have entered World War II?
  6. Was the United States right to drop atomic bombs so quickly on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
  7. Is gun-control the answer to crimes involving guns?
  8. Does "free trade" increase wealth rather than simply redistribute it?
  9. Should public displays of the 10 Commandments be allowed under the constitution?
  10. Which has the best philosophy of education: the public school system, private schools, or the home school movement?
  11. Should people genetically engineer a cure for homosexuality?
  12. Women in the Military?
  13. Porn or guns?|Does porn actually cause (not merely correlate to) violence?]]
  14. Should gun sales to terror suspects be allowed?
  15. Why did God place most of the world's oil in politically unstable places?

Scientific debates

  1. Does Darwinian natural selection suggest that bigotry is a necessary self-defense mechanism?
  2. Does Darwinian natural selection suggest that homosexuality is bad for the survival of a species?
  3. Is Darwinian natural selection compatible with Marxism?
  4. Is the theory of macroevolution true?
  5. Conservapedia: Is Giving Birth the Bible Way Better?
  6. Should Creationism/Intelligent design be taught as a scientific alternative to evolution in public schools?
  7. Is global warming evident, and if so, is this the fault of man, and how must man stop it?
  8. If the universe is young and it takes light millions of years to reach us from far off stars, how can we see them?
  9. God, Earth and Global Warming
  10. Conservapedia:Why is the evidence in favor of evolution so darn convincing?
  11. If the Bible didn't contain a creation story, would anyone even consider the idea of a young earth?
  12. Is Relativity in direct conflict with the Genesis account?
  13. Conservapedia:Who feels that scientific related articles should only reference published research papers instead of websites when dealing with research instead of application?
  14. Conservapedia: If it could be unambiguously demonstrated that man is NOT the most evolved animal, then would this support or refute ther idea of Creation by God?
  15. Why are God's works always questioned?
  16. Conservapedia:Are there any elements of choice, when it comes to carrying out homosexual acts?
  17. Listing the Earth's most pressing needs in urgent order of fixing
  18. Conservapedia:Is homosexuality a mental illness?

Debates about Conservapedia

  1. Conservapedia:Is Conservapedia representing a conservative POV or a Young Earth Creationist POV?
  2. Is Conservapedia anti-British?
  3. The liberal quotient of Conservapedia; what is it? Does it matter?
  4. Does bias impair Wikipedia's reliability?
  5. Should the term list entries be included in Conservapedia's entry count?
  6. How should Conservapedia work to avoid having a conservative bias?
  7. Can Conservapedia Succeed?
  8. Is Conservapedia fair and balanced?
  9. How can we protect Conservapedia by distinguishing real conservative encyclopedia articles from satires written by liberals?
  10. What exactly is Conservapedia?
  11. Was the media attention needed?
  12. Conservapedia Debate Topics full of far left liberal netroots
  13. Which is true; progressive Liberal or regressive liberal
  14. Conservapedia:Where do you personally look for facts and information on topics "When did Brahms live" or "Why did Monet paint grainstacks?"
  15. Conservapedia:Is it okay for Conservapedia to have biased articles?
  16. Conservapedia:On whether certain articles on human anatomy should be pre-emptively blanked and protected
  17. Conservapedia:Who deletes entire discussion items from here? And why?
  18. Why do users, who contribute substantially, choose to leave this community?
  19. Why do the creators of conservapeida see wikipedia as un-American?
  20. Is the use of copyrighted photographs without permission stealing?
  21. Are there too many debates on Conservapedia?
  22. Conservapedia:Is it tasteless for Conservapedia to critique the Virginia Tech poem on the Main Page?
  23. Conservapedia:Has anyone ever been been banned for pointing out that many of the other entries on this site are in need of citation and evidence to back up statements?
  24. Conservapedia:Does an encyclopedia define complex subjects, or insert more bias into them?
  25. Conservapedia: Do sysops block editing on pages when it seems their opponents are making strong points?
  26. Conservapedia: Is Conservapedia a 'Trustworthy Encyclopedia'?
  27. Conservapedia: Does altering the record of debate in a wiki 'Encyclopedia' render the entire thing a farce?
  28. Democrats next move, link more stories of heartache like those from Kansas to Gulf Coast.
  29. Do quotes used to support a theory just make an article look stupid?

Funny, maybe?

  1. Are cats just useless dogs?
  2. Is the Platypus evidence that God has a sense of humour?
  3. Was the shooting at Virginia Tech somehow President Bush's fault? (kind of like he caused hurricane Katrina)
  4. Are video games getting better or worse as graphics, sound, and gameplay complexity improve?

Other

  1. Conservapedia:Are alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine gateway drugs?
  2. Conservapedia:Is Rap music torture?
  3. Conservapedia:Should weed be legalized?
  4. Debate:What are the lessons that we should take away from the Milgram Experiment
  5. Conservapedia:Does the Theory of Evolution promote atheism?
  6. Discussion:Colorado Mall Shootings
  7. Discussion:Creationist
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